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YOU CAN GET RID OF THE WARTS THAT YOU GET FROM PICKING
MUSHROOMS BY HOLDING A TOADSTOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
KEROSENE ON A WART.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT TESTIFIED THAT THIS CURE ACTUALLY WORKED FOR HER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MINERAL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-01-1970
IF YOU USE FASTING SPIT ON WARTS FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS
THEY WILL DISAPPEAR.
Submitter comment:
THIS DONE BY GRANDMOTHER TO INFORMANT.
FASTING SPIT IS SPIT IN THE MORNING BEFORE YOU EVER HAVE
ANYTHING TO EAT OR DRINK. YOU USE IT ON THE WARTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-22-1970
RUB A PIECE OF CANDY ON A WART, THEN WRAP IT BACK UP AND
GIVE IT TO SOMEONE.
Submitter comment: TO GET RID OF THE WART, SAYS COLLECTOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-29-1970
PUT INK ON WARTS TO GET RID OF THEM.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER WHO WAS RAISED ON A
FARM AS A GIRL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-31-1967
IF A PERSON HANDLES TOADS HE WILL GET WARTS AND TO GET RID
OF THEM YOU RUB A FRESHLY CUT POTATO ON THEM.
Submitter comment: LEARNED IT FROM HIS FAMILY TRADITION.
Where learned: ONTARIO ; TOP HAT SUPPER CLUB ; WINDSOR ; CANADA, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
TO REMOVE WARTS, RUB CASTOR OIL ONTO THE WART, AND DO THIS
MORNING AND AT NIGHT, AND SOON THE WART WILL DISAPPEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-10-1971
THIS IS AN ITALIAN FOLK CURE FOR GETTING RID OF WARTS. IT GOES
AS FOLLOWS:
TAKE SOME SALT IN THE HAND WITH THE WART ON IT. THROW THE
SALT INTO A HOT OVEN.
THE WART SHOULD VANISH IN A FEW DAYS.
Submitter comment:
IN ORDER TO GET RID OF A WART ON HIS HAND, GUIDO'S MOTHER HAD
HIM TRY THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-12-1971
TAKE HAIRS FROM A HORSE'S MANE AND PUT THEM IN A RAIN
BARREL. WHEN THE HAIRS BEGIN TO WIGGLE, YOUR WARTS WILL
FALL OFF.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS SAID WHEN YOUNG (AROUND 1920) BUT DOES
NOT REMEMBER SEEING IT EVER PRACTICED.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-02-1971 ; 00001920 CA.
IF A PERSON HAS A WART OR WARTS, THEY MAY BE CURED BY
RUBBING THEM THREE TIMES OVER A WET STONE AFTER A RAIN.
WHILE RUBBING THE STONE, COUNT BACKWARD FROM THREE TO ONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-04-1969
WARTS--SHARPEN A WOODEN MATCH, STICK THE POINT INTO THE WART,
AND IN TWO OR THREE DAYS THE WART WILL BE GONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-15-1972
TO REMOVE WARTS ONE SHOULD PICK THEM UNTIL THEY BLEED ON A
HANDKERCHIEF; AND THEN THE HANDKERCHIEF SHOULD BE LEFT
SOMEWHERE WHERE SOMEBODY WILL PICK IT UP. WHEN SOMEBODY
PICKS UP THE HANDKERCHIEF, THEN THEY WILL HAVE THE WARTS
AND NOT YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 01-00-1971
IN ORDER TO GET RID OF A WART HAVE SOMEONE OFFER TO BUY IT
AND GIVE A SMALL AMOUNT TO YOU FOR IT.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HAS SEEN THIS DONE IN ESCANABA, MICHIGAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; ESCANABA
James Callow Keyword(s): SALE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-26-1972
CUT THE TOP OFF A KITCHEN MATCH AND PLACE IT ON THE WART.
THEN IGNITE THE MATCH, WHICH WILL BURN OUT THE WART.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT ACTUALLY SAW THIS PRACTICED AS A BOY IN THE
LATE 1920S.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-02-1971 ; 00001920S LATE
TO GET RID OF WARTS, TIE A STRING AROUND THEM AND TIGHTEN
THE STRING A BIT EACH DAY TO GRADUALLY CUT OFF THE WART.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER AUNT WHO IS OF ITALIAN
DESCENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MEASURING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-31-1967
I HAD WARTS ON MY HAND. MY UNCLE HARRY AT THE DINNER TABLE ASKED
ME IF I HAD A PENNY. MY MOTHER TOLD ME TO BELIEVE IN HIM.
I WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD AND I DID. HE SAID, "HOLD MY HAND AND
CLOSE YOUR EYES AND SAY A LITTLE PRAYER TO YOURSELF." AS
HE HELD MY HAND, WITH HIS OTHER HAND HE RUBBED OVER THE WARTS
ON THE BACK OF MY HAND. THEN HE SAID, "O.K. I'VE BOUGHT
YOUR WARTS FOR A PENNY. WITHIN A SHORT TIME THEY'LL GO AWAY."
THE WARTS DISAPPEARED WITHIN A MONTH.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT WAS AFFLICTED WITH THE WARTS FOR FOUR YEARS PRIOR.
HEALER WAS HARRY MEYERS, BROTHER OF SOPHIE BENITAUT, HEALER
OF PINCONNING (MICHIGAN?).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
James Callow Keyword(s): SALE
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 01-25-1967
MY MOTHER WILL TELL YOU TO GO AND GET 3 (OR MAYBE 7) STONES.
EACH ONE SHE RUBS OVER YOUR WARTS. AND IN SO MANY DAYS THEY
WILL GO AWAY. AND THEY ACTUALLY GO AWAY.
WHEN I WAS 7 OR 8 I HAD A SEED WART AND MOTHER COULDN'T
CHARM IT OFF. HER POWER WOULDN'T WORK IN THE IMMEDIATE
FAMILY. SO I WENT TO A LADY WHO TOOK A BLACK THREAD AND
MADE A LOOP WITH IT AND PUT IT AROUND THE WART AND DREW
IT TIGHT. SHE TOLD ME TO LEAVE IT ALONE AND IT WOULD GO
AWAY. AND IT WAS GONE IN A WEEK OR TWO.
Submitter comment: HAPPENED IN SEYMOUR, INDIANA, WHERE HE LIVED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; INDIANA ; SOUTHFIELD ; SEYMOUR
James Callow Keyword(s): MEASURING
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several Favorites BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 05-19-1965
IN ORDER TO CURE A WART, TAKE A COUNTRY MATCH AND LET IT
BURN OUT. THEN SMEAR THE ASHES ON THE WART. IN THE
MORNING WHEN THE DEW IS ON THE GROUND, RUB THE WART ON THE
DEW. REMEMBER, IN ORDER FOR THIS TO WORK YOU MUST NOT
THROW AWAY THE REMAINDER OF THE COUNTRY MATCH.
Where learned: HUNGARY
James Callow Keyword(s): POULTICE
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00-00-1902
CURE FOR A WART
HEAT THE TIP OF A WOODEN PENCIL IN THE FLAME OF A CANDLE.
TAKE THE HEATED PENCIL AND HEAT THE SKIN AROUND THE WART.
Where learned: ON A DATE
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-21-1969
GERMAN SUPERSTITION: TO CURE WARTS, DROP A BUTTON INTO A WELL
ONE MUSN'T HEAR THE SOUND AND THE WART WILL GO AWAY.
Where learned: SOUTHFIELD ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-06-1968